The outlook for U.S. small community air service is grimmer than any time in recent memory, and the situation will likely get worse before it stabilizes.
The advanced-air-mobility supply base is widening, with Airbus selecting automotive industry players KLK Motorsport and M&F Gerg to design and produce the rear fuselage of the CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Tokyo-based startup Tetra Aviation has secured ¥450 million yen ($3.3 million) to continue development of its Mk-5 personal electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Embraer has doubled its hangar space at the Sorocaba Service Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for use in fixed base operations and for maintenance, repair and overhaul services.
Honda Aircraft Co. has added a 25-year extension to its 15-year partnership with FlightSafety International, which provides training to HondaJet owners and operators.
Volunteer builders will help construct a complete aircraft over seven days during EAA AirVenture in July while attendees will determine its final look.
Tamarack Aerospace says it has completed flight evaluation of its active winglets for a Beechcraft King Air 350, to provide endurance and payload, and high-and-hot takeoff abilities and extended loiter times.
The FAA has approved the installation of Viasat’s Ka-band satellite connectivity system on Dassault Falcon 7X and 8X trijets, Viasat and Dassault Aircraft Services announced June 20.
With a design maximum takeoff weight of 1,400 kg (3,100 lb.), equivalent to a light general-aviation aircraft, the single-engine UAV made a 27-min. first flight on June 18.
Netherlands’ electric aircraft startup Venturi Aviation has closed a €3.4 million ($3.6 million) funding round and unveiled a new name, Maeve Aerospace.
Wireless companies have agreed to keep in place some limitations of their 5G network deployments for a further year to give airlines more time to replace or protect radio altimeters from potential interference, the FAA announced June 17.
United Aviate Academy, based near Phoenix and operated by United Airlines, has taken delivery of the first of 25 Cirrus SR Series TRAC20 high-performance aircraft for use in initial pilot training.
As Russian operators seek ways to keep Western-built aircraft flying amid sanctions, EASA’s top official is concerned that the related safety risks could grow.
A German startup plans to demonstrate the weight-saving structural integration of a battery system into a wing as the first step toward developing a nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner with a range of 270 nm.
As expected, the UK Civil Aviation Authority is to adopt the European Union Safety Agency’s Special Conditions for VTOL as the basis for UK certification of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Textron Aviation has added its second Beechcraft Denali test aircraft to the Denali’s flight test program following the aircraft’s two-hour first flight.
Sceye’s high-altitude platform stations (HAPS) airship recently reached the stratosphere and demonstrated the ability “to stay over an area of operation and maintain a constant float altitude.”
Following an unsuccessful attempt in May by the town board of East Hampton to close the public airport (HTO) and reopen it 33 hours later as a private-use town airport (JPX), the board has now switched paths and requested that its attorneys begin the process of shutting down the airport entirely.
Avfuel Technology Initiatives Corp., a division of Avfuel, has made a multimillion dollar investment in Alder Fuels, which converts biomass, such as regenerative grasses and forest and agricultural residues into sustainable, low-carbon crude oil for aviation.
